BIRDS — FRINGILLIDAK CHRY60MITRIS TRI8TI8. 



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List of sjiccimens. 



CHRYSOMITRIS YARRELLI, Bonap. 



Varrell's (■oldlincli. 



Cardutlh yarrelli, Atir. Syn. 18.S9, 117.— Id. Birds Am 111, 1841, 136 ; pi. 184. 

 Frinsilla mericana, Ai d. Orn. liiog. V, 1839, 283 ; pi. 433, fig. 4. (Not of Swainson.) 

 Chrysomilris mexicana, Bp. List, 1638. (Not of Conspectus.) 



Sp. Ch. — Bill very largo. Head above to middle of eyes and to tlio rictus, black. Body generally bright yellow ; back and 

 wing coverts olive green. Wings and tail black ; the bases of the tail feathers and of quills, except the inner tertials and outer 

 web of first primary, yellow. Length, 4 inches ; wing, 3,40 ; tail, 1.63. 



Hab. — California, (.') probably from western Mexico. 



The bill of this species is enormously large and full for the genus. The second quill is 

 longest ; the first and third but little shorter. The markings of the wings aqd tail are almost 

 exactly as in C. macjcUanicus ; the difference between the two is in the smaller size, brighter 

 nape, and black crown only, instead of an entirely black head. 



The specimen described is Mr. Audubon's original, and appears to have been kept for a time 



List of specimens. 



CHRYSOMITRIS TRISTIS, Bon. 



Yellow Bird; Thistle Bird. 



Fnn^iHa IrUlia, Livn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 320.— Gm. I, 907.— Wils. Am. Orn. I, 1808, 20 ; pi. I, f. 2.— Aud. Orn. 



Biog. 1, 1S3I, 172 : V, 510 ; pi. 33. 

 Cardutks iristis, Bon. Obs. Wils, 1^25, No. 96.— Aud. Syn. 1839, 110.— Ib. Birds Amer. 11, 1841, 129 ; pi. 181. 

 Chrysoimtris trUtis, Bon. List, 1838. — Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 517. — Newberry, Zool. Cal. & Or. Route ; Rep. P. R. 



R. Surv. VII, IV, 1857, 87. 

 .Sstragalinus tristis, Cab.i.vis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 159, (type.) 

 Carduelis americana, (Edwards,) Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II, 1831, 268. 

 Golden Finch, Pennant. — Mmerkan Goldfinch, Edwards. — Chardonneret jaunt; Chardonneret du Canada. — Tarin dt 



la J^ouvelU Yorck, Buffon.— Ib. PI. enl., pi. 202, f. 2 ; pi. 292, f 1, 2. 



Sp. Ch. — Bright gamboge yellow ; crown, wings, and tail black. Lesser wing coverts, band across the end of greater ones, 

 ends of secondaries and tertiaries, inner margins of tail feathers, upper and under tail coverts, and tibia, white. Longth, 5.25 

 inches ; wing, 3. 



Hob. — North America generally. 



